| Name | ClassYear | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|
| Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) | | MA, MPhil (Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages) | Film story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer, Author [<nowiki/>[[I Am Kalam|I am Kalam]]; Sahib Biwi aur Gangster; Paan Singh Tomar; Urmi, Main Aur Pradhan Mantri] |
| P. Jaya Kumar | | MA (Arts and Aesthetics) | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author | [1] |
| Srijit Mukherji | | | Bengali film director | [2] |
| Swara Bhaskar | | MA (Sociology) | Bollywood actress | [3] |
| Archishman Sarker | | MA (Arts and Aesthetics), MPhil (Art History) | Indian art historian | [4] [5] |
| Shaunak Sen | | PhD (Arts and Aesthetics) | Indian filmmaker, winner of Golden Eye award | [6] |
| B. V. Nandini Reddy | 1994 | International Politics | Telugu Film Director | | |
!Name!Affiliation!Notability!References| Anvita Abbi | Professor of Linguistics | | [44] [45] |
| Ayesha Kidwai | Professor of Linguistics | theoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient | |
| Balaji Prakash | | biochemist, N-Bios laureate | [46] |
| Birendra Nath Mallick, | | Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [47] |
| Brahm Shanker Srivastava, | | microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [48] |
| Deepak Kumar | Professor of Physics between 1988 and 2016 | physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [49] |
| Franson Manjali | Professor of linguistics. | | |
| Joy Pachuau | Professor of Historical studies | historian | [50] |
| Kapil Kapoor | Professor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study | | |
| Kavita Singh | Professor of Art History between 2001 and 2023 | | [51] |
| Mahendra P. Lama | Professor, JNU | vice chancellor of Sikkim University | [52] [53] |
| Makarand Paranjape | Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 | author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study | [54] [55] |
| Muchkund Dubey | Former Professor of International Relations | 17th Foreign Secretary of India | |
| Nivedita Menon | Professor of Political thought | | [56] |
| Pius Malekandathil | Former Professor of History | Historian and author | |
| Prabhat Patnaik | Former Professor of Economics | | |
| Pratiksha Baxi | | | |
| Pushpesh Pant | Professor of International relations | food critic and writer | [57] |
| Raja Mohan | | | [58] |
| Robert L. Holmes | | philosopher | |
| Sanjay Puri | held various positions since 1987 | Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [59] |
| Syed Iqbal Hasnain | | glaciologist, writer, and climate change activist | |
| Gopal Guru | Professor of Political Studies, Editor of Economic and Political Weekly | He received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies for 2013–14 | |
| Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya | Professor of Political Studies | Political Scientist | |
| Zoya Hassan | Professor of Political Studies | Member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009, Political Scientist | |
| Ajay Gudavarthy | Professor of Political Studies | | | |
